Prakash Karat

Prakash Karat is former general secretary of the CPM and was president of the Students’ Federation of India during the Emergency

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Aijaz Ahmad: A Marxist for our timesSubscriber Only

March 15,2022 04:00:01 AM

Prakash Karat writes: His theory drew upon the tradition of anti-colonial, anti-imperialist movements. His contributions to the intellectual resources of the Left movement will remain an enduring legacy

Tue, Mar 15, 2022

Riding the Bullet train, watching India-Pak hockey game, Prakash Karat recalls the 1964 Tokyo GamesSubscriber Only

July 23,2021 18:47:27 PM

Prakash Karat, who was general secretary of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPIM) for three consecutive terms from 2005 to 2015, looks back to when he was 16 and went on a memorable trip to Japan for the Olympics.

Sat, Jul 24, 2021

Giving BJP a walkoverSubscriber Only

March 14,2017 02:12:23 AM

In UP, there was no real counter to its communal-nationalism or economic policies.

Tue, Mar 14, 2017

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Giving BJP a walkoverSubscriber Only

March 13,2017 01:21:27 AM

In UP, there was no real counter to its communal-nationalism or economic policies

Mon, Mar 13, 2017

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Fight against BJP cannot be conducted in alliance with the other major party of the ruling classesSubscriber Only

September 06,2016 00:06:06 AM

In India today, Hindutva ideology and chauvinist nationalism are used to polarise the people on communal lines and to attack religious minorities.

Tue, Sep 06, 2016

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Winning back the peopleSubscriber Only

January 07,2016 00:04:29 AM

Left is stuck with old issues. It must strike new conversations — with middle classes and youth.

Thu, Jan 07, 2016

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2015, like 1975Subscriber Only

June 27,2015 00:00:49 AM

The danger of authoritarianism revisiting India is a very real one.

Sat, Jun 27, 2015

Setting the agendaSubscriber Only

September 04,2007 02:29:23 AM

In these two extracts, from the party journals of the Congress and the CPM, party chiefs Sonia Gandhi and Prakash Karat assess, among other things, the India-US nuclear deal and the related but broader issue of where India’s national interests lie

Tue, Sep 04, 2007

Lost in exchangeSubscriber Only

November 01,2006 23:48:33 PM

Some clarifications from the CPM general secretary

Wed, Nov 01, 2006

Betrayal on Iran: Costs of India-US partnershipSubscriber Only

September 30,2005 00:00:00 AM

India voted with the US and the European sponsors of the resolution to arraign Iran in the Board of the International Atomic Energy Agency (...

Fri, Sep 30, 2005